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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you link to the article or tell us who. Wondering if my parents used the same person.

A lot of these people prey on the elderly to some degree-charging as elderly parent chit chats and vents about adult kids and just wants someone to kiss up for a few hours, but I'd like to know what was so bad it worth getting him disbarred. [/quote]

Uh, it’s not “preying” to charge for time even when clients do a bad job managing their own bill[/quote]

There's this period of time either where they show signs of dementia and pass the screen or they refuse to get screened, but they have no judgment. Some people are kind and will gently say "It has been lovely speaking with you, but I do need to remind you I charge $320 and hour and we need to get x, y, z done" and some with just charge away. It's hard because no matter how much you visit they can be incredibly needy and if you know they can afford this money throw and you don't have the time or energy to find a new contractor/social worker/lawyer/accountant or whatever it's tough. It is a full time job and a half protecting the elderly who don't want to be protected and I have 2 kids, one with special needs and my own serious health issues and a spouse who has to be out of town a lot. I don't have the bandwidth for this. [/quote]

Look, I’m sure there are some real shitbags out there, but my personal experience is that I don’t want my time wasted, and I do try to remind clients to use my time wisely, but when they refuse to, I have to charge them. I sympathize with your situation, having 3 kids myself and plenty of work to do, but realistically if a client insists on running up the bill, there’s only so much we can do about it as lawyers. [/quote]

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